周小瓯-创作理念-1
周小瓯
Zhou Xiaoou
创作理念 Artwork Concept
《2018·蜕》系列是作者一直来坚持以纤维材料为固有介质的创作实验，集中体现其这几年的艺术思考与实践探索。作者认为，此作品至今也不能说已完善或成熟，仍存在着许多问题，而创作过程中的偶然性很大，就像是“蜕”的本意：它始终是一个变化的过程。
在《2018·蜕》作品之前，纤维艺术领域中很少见到用这种手法，把一种“软” 的材料做成透明而且固定的造型，在光的作用下产生不同的视觉效果。由于“软”材料的轻盈和飘逸，给人在创作中带来无限的可能性和想象力。中国纤维艺术家林乐成先生评价作者及其作品时说到:“这是第一个把雕塑用纤维材料做‘透明’的艺术家。”
艺术是一定要面对一些问题和回答一些问题的，它的存在不仅仅是内容和形式。作品《2018·蜕》无论是在符号上、手法上，还是视觉效果上都带有强烈的东方色彩。
“蜕”本身是一个时间的过程，它会发生“量”的变化、“形”的变化和“质” 的变化。而这一变化的结果，让人们很难想像“蜕”前的原形，同样也难以预测最后的结果。
“蜕”本身更是一种自然现象，它是生命的过程，有其周期性，不存在人们给它的愿望及定义。它具有本身的属性，尽管人们的愿望是美好的，而且充满着希冀与期待。"辞海"对“蜕”的另一延伸层面从科学角度作出了解释，即“放射性元素自然变成另一种元素的现象”。而作品《2018.蜕》系列也是希望通过艺术的实践，带来认知、情感、价值，乃至生命的转变。
[ENG]
The series "2018 - Metamorphosis" is a series of experiments in which the author had insisted on using fiber materials as the inherent medium, focusing on his artistic thinking and practical exploration in the past few years. The author believes that this work cannot be perfect or mature, and there are still many problems, and the process of creation is highly contingent, just like the original meaning of "metamorphosis": it is always a process of change.
Before "2018 - Metamorphosis", it was rare in the field of fiber art to use this technique to make a "soft" material into a transparent and fixed form that would produce different visual effects under the effect of light. The light and airy nature of the "soft" material allows for endless possibilities and imagination in creation. Chinese fiber artist Mr. Lin Le Cheng says of the author and his work, "This is the first artist to make a sculpture 'transparent' in fiber material."
Art is bound to confront some questions and answer some issues; it exists beyond content and form. The work "2018 - Metamorphosis" is strongly oriental in its symbolism, approach, and visual effect.
The "metamorphosis" itself is a process that takes place over time, with quantitative changes, formal changes, and qualitative changes. The result of this change is that it is difficult to imagine what it was like before the "metamorphosis". This change makes it difficult to imagine the original form before the metamorphosis and equally difficult to predict the outcome.
"It is a natural phenomenon, a process of life, with its cycles, without the wishes and definitions that people give it. It has its properties, although people's wishes are good and full of hope and expectation. Another definition of the word "metamorphosis" given by the dictionary is "the phenomenon of the natural transformation of a radioactive element into another element". The series "2018. Metamorphosis" aims to transform the perception, emotion, value, and even life through art practice.